Securing Defensibility in AI-Driven Investigations—Webinar

The question for legal departments is no longer whether to use AI in investigations, but how to do so without compromising the integrity of the results. While AI offers an unprecedented ability to surface patterns and compress timelines, it simultaneously challenges the traditional legal definition of a “repeatable process.”

In a recent webinar with Today’s General Counsel, Julian Ackert, Senior Managing Director at iDiscovery Solutions, explored the shift from legacy investigative methods to an AI-enabled standard. The session, “AI in Investigations: Power, Risk, and a New Standard for Defensibility,” examines why documentation must evolve alongside technology to ensure that AI-driven insights hold up under scrutiny.

A central theme of the discussion was the disruption of traditional defensibility. Because generative AI outputs are not always guaranteed to be perfectly repeatable, counsel must move away from old assumptions and toward a more robust framework of validation. By implementing concrete strategies for oversight, legal teams can leverage AI’s analytical power while building a narrative of technical and ethical transparency.

The session also provided a practical roadmap for both in-house and outside counsel to recalibrate their expectations of technology partners. Achieving a “defensible” result in the modern landscape requires a proactive approach to auditing AI workflows to ensure every finding is backed by a verifiable methodology.

Key takeaways from the session:

• Redefining defensibility: Understand how AI disrupts the “repeatable process” assumption and what new documentation is required to satisfy regulators and clients.
• Pattern recognition vs. precision: Identify the specific areas where AI excels at surfacing hidden data patterns and where human oversight is required to verify the output.
• Practical integration strategies: Five concrete ways to integrate AI tools into investigations to ensure the results are robust enough to withstand legal challenges.

Watch the full recording to learn how to master AI in investigations and set a new standard for defensibility.